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Murray Bookchin

1921-2006

"To
speak of 'limits to growth' under a capitalistic market economy is as
meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society.
The moral pieties, that are voiced today by many well-meaning
environmentalists, are as naive as the moral pieties of multinationals
are manipulative. Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth
than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to
'green' capitalism, to make it 'ecological', are doomed by the very
nature of the system as a system of endless growth." (Remaking Society)